HO GP39-2 w/DCC & Sound, SF/Kodachrome #3613

Detailed Information

NEW FEATURES:

All-new LED lighting

Rubber MU hoses for durability

The effort continues to enhance Athearn Genesis models per customer requests and feedback. There has been a lot of activity behind the scenes here at Athearn! We are excited to introduce some new, often requested features, to the GP39-2 and other upcoming Genesis models.

ATSF FEATURES:

Phase 1 GP39-2

Walkway w/ switching steps & anticlimber

Intake grilles with top and bottom ribs

Riveted cab sides with no armrests

Early battery box doors

Leslie S-3 air horn on bracket

Sinclair antenna on ground plane

Vapor air conditioner

Illuminated prime Stratolite beacon

Medium cab side mirrors

81” nose with ratchet brake

Front EMD low plow

Blomberg-M trucks

2900 gal fuel tank

#3611:

Cab-mounted headlight

Stratolight beacon, effect w/ DCC+Sound

No air conditioner

Extra MU receptacles

#3614:

Nose-mounted headlight

No beacon

With air conditioner

Extra MU receptacles

SOO FEATURES:

Phase II GP39-2

Early exhaust stack

Welded cab side panels with armrests

Long hood mounted Leslie S-3 horn

Illuminated Xenon strobe, effect w/ DCC+Sound

3-Pane all weather cab window on engineer side

81” nose with ratchet brake

Front anticlimber, rear drop step

2900 gallon fuel tank

BN FEATURES:

Phase IIb GP39-2

Early exhaust silencer

Welded cab side panels with armrests

Early hinged BN battery box doors w/ single louver

Leslie S-3 horn offset on cab right

Large and small firecracker antennas on cab

Illuminated Western Cullen beacon, effect w/ DCC+Sound

Sunshade on conductor side only

3-Pane all weather cab window on engineer side

88” nose with ratchet brake

Front anticlimber, rear drop step

3600 gallon fuel tank

Spare knuckles on rear pilot

BN hose catch pockets on rear pilot

Rectangle builder’s plates

Blomberg-M trucks with leaf springs

D&H FEATURES:

Former RDG units; major spotting details remain the same

Phase 1 GP39-2

Intake grilles with top rib only

Riveted cab side plates with armrests

Early battery box doors

Large Sinclair antenna

Cab side rain gutters

81” nose w/ ratchet brake

2600 gal fuel tank

Blomberg-B trucks

CSX FEATURES:

Patched former Guilford D&H ex RDG units; major spotting details remain the same

Cab sublettered CSXT

Lasted till the mid 1990s in Guilford paint before being repainted to CSX colors

The most unique GP39-2s constructed were those delivered to the MKT in 1983-1984. At this point, EMD had ceased production of the Dash-2 body styles, meaning that these geeps came with the larger GP50 style intakes and radiators.

Program a multiple unit (MU) lashup with lead unit only horn, bell, and lights

Many functions can be altered via Configuration Value (CV) changes

CV chart included in the box

PROTOTYPE SPECIFIC INFORMATION

In the decade between 1974 and 1984 , EMD produced the GP39-2 for seven North American railroads. The basic design followed most four axle road diesel switchers for the time. Borrowing improvements from the GP38-2 and GP40-2 designs, this mid-horsepower road switcher utilized a turbocharged 12-cylinder EMD 645E3 diesel engine for it’s prime mover. With 4 fewer cylinders, the smaller engine provided a distinctive long hood on the phase II and phase III bodies, where the clean room/engine compartment doors were set back from the cab further than predecessor locomotives.

Sensitivity to fuel economy in the 1970s justified the GP39-2 in the locomotive market. It also laid the ground work for EMD to start exploring locomotive designs that utilize engines with larger piston displacement yet posess fewer cylinders. This approach has become the foundation to modern locomotive technology.